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This speaker system makes something of a silk purse out of CD-quality music. It’s bouncy, infectiously rhythmic given half the chance, and incredibly wideband sounding. Design and construction are first-class, a stylish wrapper over the most supremely musical desktop PC speakers we’ve heard to date. Speakers this small have absolutely no right to sound so damn good.

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For those who’ve long loved the audio from the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin but were hoping to capture it in a package suitable for use with a computer, the MM-1 arrives as the ideal answer. These two speakers deliver the kind of audio quality...

The basic size of the Bowers and Wilkins MM-1 (10cm square by 17cm high) is no great surprise, and the look doesn't give much away. The first hint that this is something a little clever is the inclusion of a USB cable: yes, this speaker system is...

It's not often that I get to write nearly an entire review while actually evaluating the product I am reviewing non-stop. With the MM-1's that's exactly what I did - and loved every minute of it. Overall, it was obvious that B&W engineers...

This speaker system makes something of a silk purse out of CD-quality music. It’s bouncy, infectiously rhythmic given half the chance, and incredibly wideband sounding. Design and construction are first-class, a stylish wrapper over the most supremely musical desktop PC speakers we’ve heard to date. Speakers this small have absolutely no right to sound so damn good.

I'm not going to say the $499.95 MM-1s from Bowers & Wilkins are cheap as far as computer speakers go, because they're not. However, in comparison to other computer speakers out there, they are far more musical and sound more like traditional...

Yes, they're that good We’ve reviewed a number of great speakers, but we haven’t been this excited about a set of boom boxes since we laid hands on the eponymous Cambridge SoundsWorks MicroWorks in the very first issue of boot...

For a company that also sells audiophile grade music online, we were ready to question the Bowers & Wilkins MM-1’s limitation to 16-bit resolution digital audio. As it happens, this speaker system makes something of a silk purse out of CD-quality...

The remote that controls your computer The remote control for the MM-1 is worth a mention. As the speakers are connected to the computer via USB, B&W's remote can be used to control music playback. So once you've launched your preferred music...

There's no doubt that the MM-1 is a quality speaker system. It looks great and sounds even better, delivering a classy, comfortable sound that works beautifully as an accompaniment to most computer working, though it perhaps lacks the level of...

Bowers & Wilkins is on something of a roll. With the and iPod speaker docks, the and now the MM-1 PC speakers adding to the company's already enviable legacy we're starting to wonder whether they'll ever build a bad piece of audio...

Beethoven’s is a hauntingly beautiful piece of music. To reproduce it well you need a system with a high level of subtlety, organisation and dynamics. All you need to know about ’s MM-1s is that they did justice to it – so much so we...

Bowers & Wilkins has an enviable reputation for its studio monitors and hifi speakers, but it's best known among Mac users for its Zeppelin iPod speaker dock. That, however, could be about to change with this pair of desktop speakers....

SPEAKER ROUNDUPYou've got, like, a petabyte of music on your PC, but those built-in speakers can barely squeeze out a new-email alert. Pump up the volume with a proper desktop sound system.M-Audio Studiophile AV 40Bowers & Wilkins MM-1Joey Roth...

Getting worked up speakers for your Mac or PC is about as difficult as feeling excited about your annual tax return. But when said speakers are made by high-end hi-fi purveyors Bowers & Wilkins, it’s definitely time for gadget fanatics and sonic...